AIA Engagement
Raya Ani engages directly with AIA members, component leaders, and the broader Institute, focusing on alignment, continuity, and the systems that support architectural practice. She supports collaboration across national, state, and local components, supporting firms across scales, with a focus on small firms, and reinforcing the role and value of architects within the profession and in the public realm.
Engagement focus:
- Alignment across AIA National, state, and local components
- Practice support across firm scales, with a focus on small firms
- Communication, coordination, and institutional clarity
- The role and value of architects within the profession and in the public realm
For AIA Engagement: together@rayaaniforpresident.com
PUBLIC Engagement
Raya Ani engages across the public realm—working with civic leaders, policymakers, institutions, and cross-sector partners at the intersection of the built environment and public impact. She brings architectural thinking into decision-making and delivery across housing, infrastructure, education, cultural, and civic systems globally.
Engagement focus:
- Public policy and the built environment
- Housing, infrastructure, and climate resilience
- Institutional collaboration and implementation
- Positioning architects within civic decision-making
For PUBLIC Engagement: together@rayaaniforpresident.com
SERVICE Engagement
Raya Ani engages across the AEC ecosystem—working with industry leaders, technologists, and collaborators to advance architecture through innovation, sustainability, and evolving systems of practice. She brings design thinking into cross-disciplinary platforms spanning architecture, engineering, technology, and environmental systems, advancing computational design, artificial intelligence, immersive and extended reality, and regenerative approaches globally.
Engagement focus:
- Cross-disciplinary collaboration across AEC
- Innovation and emerging systems (AI, computational design, immersive technologies)
- Sustainability, resilience, and regenerative strategies
- Expanding capacity and opportunity for architects
For SERVICE Engagement: together@rayaaniforpresident.com